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Shah accused of misuse of powers in energy-related projects
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah speaking on the floor of Sindh Assembly. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
In another major development in the fake bank accounts case, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday filed a reference against Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah over alleged misuse of power in energy-related projects in the province and issuance of funds in violation of rules.
The reference filed by NAB Rawalpindi in an accountability court in Islamabad stated that the funds Shah had issued for power projects in Sindh were in violation of rules and that billions of rupees were embezzled in Nooriabad Power Company and Sindh Transmission and Dispatch Company projects.
The writer is a former civil servant.
FOR an accused in Pakistan, redemption lies in the ability to plead your innocence in front of those who matter. Sadly, they are not the courts because, had it been so, NAB would not be functioning the way it is after the Supreme Court judgement in the Khawaja Saad Rafique vs NAB case. Without going into details of the case, I would like to quote the views of the court about laws like National Accountability Ordinance and other similar laws in Pakistan’s political history.
“These laws were successfully employed as tools to change political loyalties, for splintering and fracturing political parties. Pygmies were selected, nurtured, promoted, and brought to prominence and power. People with notorious backgrounds and criminal credentials were thrust to rule us in various capacities with predictable results. Similarly, those, who caused death, destruction and mayhem in our society were trained, financed, protected, promoted and eulogised, thus
NAB rebuts report on Khurram Humayun suicide
National
December 31, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday vehemently denied a news item published in daily ‘The News’ and ‘Jang’ by terming it as baseless, fabricated, unfounded and an effort to influence the subjudice cases by distorting facts.
A NAB spokesman said in a statement that the news item titled ‘Controller General Accounts Khurram Humayun committed suicide owing to stress of NAB investigations’ published in ‘Daily The News’ and ‘Jang’ on Wednesday (December 30, 2020) has no link with facts.
He said the Bureau has issued denial to Jang group but they had changed the wordings of NAB’s version with the intention to instill negative image of NAB in peoples’ minds. The Bureau has decided to submit that distorted version to accountability court as a proof of mala fide intentions with the plea to take action against the group for publishing distorted NAB’s version and